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Watch: Pallbearers fall into grave during botched burial

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NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Thu, 10 Apr 2025, 1:43pm

Watch: Pallbearers fall into grave during botched burial

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Thu, 10 Apr 2025, 1:43pm
  • Pallbearers fell into an open grave in Philadelphia when a wooden platform collapsed.
  • Benjamin Aviles鈥 son was injured, with the casket landing on him, knocking him unconscious.
  • The family blames Greenmount Cemetery and Rodriguez Funeral Home, calling the platform 鈥榳obbly鈥.

Video has captured the horrific moment the ground under a group of pallbearers gave way 鈥 and sent them tumbling into an open grave alongside the coffin.

The botched burial took place in the United States city of Philadelphia.

Family and friends of Benjamin Aviles were preparing to lay their loved one to rest on March 21 when a wooden platform above the grave gave way.

The pallbearers were all injured as they fell in, Aviles鈥 stepdaughter, Maribelle Rodriguez, told 6 Action 九一星空无限.

The pallbearers fell into the grave. Photo / 6 Action 九一星空无限
The pallbearers fell into the grave. Photo / 6 Action 九一星空无限

The dead man鈥檚 son suffered the worst.

鈥淭he casket lay on top of him, and he was out like a light with his face in the mud,鈥 Rodriguez said.

The family blame Greenmount Cemetery and the Rodriguez Funeral home for what happened, saying the platform was 鈥渨obbly鈥.

鈥淭he whole thing was trembling,鈥 Rodriguez said.

鈥淚t was just a horrible incident that happened at a bad moment.鈥

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